NCT00864409

Local Infiltration Analgesia With Ropivacaine Versus Placebo in Bilateral Hip Arthroplasty

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

High-volume infiltration analgesia may be effective in postoperative pain management following total hip arthroplasty. In this randomized, double-blind trial patients undergoing bilateral hip arthoplasty are randomized to receive high-volume local anesthetic infiltration in one hip and similar infiltration with saline (placebo) in the other hip.

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain
• Hip Arthroplasty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	ropivacaine 0,2%	Local wound infiltrtation with 170 mL ropivacaine 2 mg/mL
DRUG	saline.9%	Wound infiltration with 170 mL sterile saline

Timeline

• First posted: 2009-03-18
• Last updated: 2009-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark